I've got one, Thunder Guard. In combat when the unit is hit  there's a chance that whoever hit it will be struck by lightning.

The name isn't very good, in King's Bounty Armored Princess there was a spell, I think it was called guardian angel or something, but instead of a chance, there was a set number of lightning strikes that occurred on the enemy every time it hit the unit enchanted with the spell.

Shadow Step

Flash Step

Flurry of Arrows

Precise Shot

Hide/ Reveal

Stealth

Invisibility

Thunder Feet/ Trample

Aura of Fear (nearby enemy units quickly lose morale, -0.5 attack speed, -1 run speed ... nearby friendly units lose morale very slowly)

Aura of Valor (nearby allied units start at high morale, slowly increase morale, +0.5 attack speed, +1 run speed)

Crown of Brilliance (can see all nearby enemy units [2 tile radius?])

Hawkeye (+5 LOS, can see stealth, can see hidden, cannot see invisible)

Aura of Truth (cannot be dominated, charmed, or otherwise controlled by the enemy)

Impervious Aura (20% resistance to Spell Effects and Spell Damage)

Stone-Blooded/ Stone-like Constitution (immune to status effects, including but not limited to poisoned, blinded, and dizzy)

Regenerative Skin -> +1 HP per combat turn, +5 HP per overland map turn

So wait.. cities will all be at the same level at release? I kind of liked how every city starts as like a backwoods town, and changes as it levels up. How are city levels going to work differently?

Also I like goodie huts. I mean it'd be nice not to need them, but finding random loot is fun

If you get rid of these at least make it so brigands and random monsters drop stuff more often. Goodie huts give me a decent reason to send my sovereign in any given direction.

So... you ARE taking out goodie huts? It's tine headline but I don't see a comment about it. It's going to make the game a LOOOT slower... isn't it?

I've never been a huge fan of goodie huts, but I figured they were here to stay.  Interesting to hear they've been dropped.

Here are a few random ideas for abilities (though the names could use some improvement):

Immolate - The caster (probably only available to some fiery supernatural things) bursts into flames.  Any melee attack against them deals fire damage to the attacker.

Shockwave - Emits a massive concussive wave, with a chance to stun nearby enemies.  May also knock them back a square (not sure if that's possible with current mechanics).

Pull - Pulls a single enemy towards the caster into melee range (idea shamelessly stolen from Revenants in Dragon Age).  Good ability for melee-heavy supernatural things.  Again, not sure if it would be properly doable with current mechanics.

Silence - Removes all sound from an area (or maybe single target?), preventing spell-casting.

Shriek - Gives all nearby enemies penalties to attack, defense and morale.

Banshee's Wail - Deals damage to all nearby units, and gives them a penalty to morale.

Stomp - The unit (something big) stomps its foot on the ground, with a chance to cause all nearby units to be knocked off their feet.  Those affected lose their next turn (or lose some of their moves, or whatever).

Maybe it's just me, but the only quests I've seen so far are the ones that are like: Go here to win.  Go to another witch's house.  Moving to location X is hardly what I would consider fun.  In any way.  Every single one of those quests should die a fiery death.  

Oh yeah, here's another cool one:

Aura of Death - The unit gains a percentage of attack/defence/health upon killing an enemy.

Guard - Unit can take incoming damage for an adjacent unit; however, the guarding unit will take 150% of the original damage.  Hello Secret Service.

Skirmish - I like units with thrown weapons (e.g. spears) with limited uses

Charge - Mounted units do additional damage based on the number of tiles moved

Disarm - Chance to cause an enemy to drop their weapon

Fight Dirty - Trip or kick dirt to disable opponent

Rage - Increase damage/armor penetration at the cost of defense

Spear Wall - spend x# of turns to establish an immobile defense against mounted charges

Throw Ally/Enemy - Especially strong units can throw normal sized units

Parry - Full defense stance (i.e. no attack) with a chance to deflect incoming melee attacks w/ counterattack after successful parry

Sweep - Attack friend & foe in a 120 degree arc

Spinning Strike - Attack friend & foe in a 360 degree arc

Shield Bash - Knock the opponent backward and apply damage based on the quality of the shield

Sprint - Increased move with an applied penality to attack and defense

Rally - Increase the moral of nearby troops  - Decrease defense while rallying troops

Flank - Adds 50% to the damage of adjacent ally attacks

Brother in Arms - Adds to the defense of adjacent allies

Forgot two..

Taunt - Force an enemy to fight for x # of turns based on skill level

Heal - We need field medics (limited charges) in addition to spells

Charge: (passive) if the unit has moved at least 2 squares this round of combat, attack is multiplied by 1.5

Shield wall: Unit cannot attack this turn, but gets 2x defense

Berserk Rage: Half defense added to attack, defense set to 0.

Spear wall: Unit cannot move, but attack multiplied by 1.5 versus mounted units

Basically, I'd like to see abilities available for mundane units. I'd imagine them being added through equipment. Polearms give spear wall, mounts give charge, etc.

Some ideas...

Cleave-  When a successful attack causes damage has a % chance of attacking a unit next to the one hit.

Whirlwind-  Attacks all units in a full circle

Charm-  Causes unit to join up with the unit that charmed it.  % chance that after combat unit will remain with the unit that charmed it

Walker (ForestWalker, Desert Walker, Jungle Walker etc)-  Units in either the tactical or main map will not be visible if they are in their favored terrain

Invisibility/Hide in Shadows-  Unit is invisible

Dirge of Doom-  Causes enemy units morale to drop

Song of Inspiration-  Causes friendly units morale to rise

Entangle-  Causes terrain to hold units in place

Sniper-  Allows ranged unit to be invisible, fire a missile, and go invisible again

Seige Breaker-  Unit can cause damage to city walls, or other defensive terrain

Horse/Worg Master-  Additional movement or attacks when riding on a chosen mount.

Immunities-  Unit is immune to a specific type of damage (Piercing, Fire, Earth), or progressive based, where Immunity I gives you a 25% chance of ignoring the damage and Immunity II gives you 50%, etc..

Disease-  Causes units to lose HP per round and healing spells are not as effective until cured.  Continues damage into the main map after tactical battle is finished until it is healed

Incorporeal-  Only magic weapons or magical attacks do any damage

Levitate/Fly-  Able to get past walls or other defensible positions in order to attack enemies.

Berserker or Rage-  Attack and Hp's rise while Defense drops

Inspired leader-  Raises friendly stats.  Could either be variations of this such as Charismatic leader (where all Charisma is buffed), or a progressive  based version
where at level one you get one stat increase (HP +5) at level 2 you get 2 stats (HP +5 and Attack +2), level 3, etc...

Swallow Whole-  Unit is destroyed in X number of rounds unless unit is killed..Gives benefit of extra HP's or some additional powers based on what unit was swallowed.

Mimic--Allows you to mimic a power of another creature you are fighting

Shapechange--Makes your unit look either like another unit showing false info, or actually allows you to mimic that creature completely.

Putrid Stench- Nearby creaturs suffer a penalty to attack/damage and defense.

Cone of Vomit-  Causes minor acidic damage, and lowers defense of creature...perhaps has a chance to cause additional effect (blindness, slow, sickness)

Armor Master-  Brings up the defense of the unit, can also scale such as Armor master I gives you +2 to Def while Armor Master II gives you +4 to defense

Weapons Master-  Same as above but uses attack/damage Values

Sacrifice/Retributive Strike--Causes unit to die a violent death, but causes major damage to all nearby units

Okay, I can't resist, here are a few more that could be used for late-game bosses or such:

Holy Shield - The boss is surrounded by a holy shield, negating all damage but dark damage, which it recieves a penalty to.

Dark Shield - The boss is surrounded by a shield of shadow, negating all but holy damage, which it recieves a penalty to.

I also really like the idea of the elemental rings blocking off the town from attack for a few turns, but make it so that they have a penalty associated with tem, or at least a very high mana cost, so that they aren't spammable.